Copyright Act 1968
44BReproduction of writing on approved label for containers for chemical product
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44B Reproduction of writing on approved label for containers for chemical product
The reproduction on a label on a container for a chemical product of any writing appearing on an approved label is not an infringement of any copyright subsisting under this Part in relation to that writing.
44BA Acts done in relation to certain medicine
(1) The following acts are not an infringement of any copyright subsisting under this Part in a work that is product information approved under section 25AA of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 in relation to medicine:
(a) an act that is done under that Act and that is in respect of product information in relation to:
(i) restricted medicine; or
(ii) medicine in respect of which the applicant for the registration of that medicine under that Act has been given a notice of the kind referred to in subparagraph 25(1)(da)(ii) of that Act; or
(iii) medicine in respect of which subsection 25AA(2) or (3) of that Act applies;
(b) an act that is ancillary or incidental to an act referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) The following acts are not an infringement of any copyright subsisting under this Part in a work that is product information approved under section 25AA of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 in relation to medicine:
(a) supplying, in Australia, some or all of any product information that is approved under that section in relation to medicine;
(b) reproducing, in Australia, some or all of the information referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) publishing, in Australia, some or all of the information referred to in paragraph (a);
(d) communicating, in Australia, some or all of the information referred to in paragraph (a);
(e) adapting, in Australia, some or all of the information referred to in paragraph (a);
to the extent that the supply, reproduction, publication, communication or adaptation is for a purpose related to the safe and effective use of the medicine referred to in paragraph (a).
(3) An act done in Australia that is ancillary or incidental to a supply, reproduction, publication, communication or adaptation referred to in subsection (2) is not an infringement of any copyright subsisting under this Part in the work referred to in subsection (2).
(4) For the purposes of this section, medicine, product information and restricted medicine have the same meanings as in the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
44BB Copyright subsisting in works shared for healthcare or related purposes
(1) The copyright in a work is not infringed by an act comprised in the copyright in the work if:
(a) the act is done, or authorised to be done: